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I PATENTBD APR. 21, 1903. F. A. EMERIGK.

SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK A. EMERIOK, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GREAT BEAR SPRINGCOMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPO- RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SEAL FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 725,687, dated April21, 1903.

Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial No. 87,997. (No model) To allwhom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. EMERICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seals forBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a seal for stoppers of bottles and likereceptacles, such as is applied over a cork or other stopper and securedin place about the neck of the receptacle.

The chief objects of the invention are to so form a seal of thissortthat it may be readily applied, that it will remain in place untilintentionally removed, and that it will not adhere to the bottle.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the formation,construction, and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying, drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents in perspective a portion of a bottle with myinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents in one form the blank forthe seal. Fig. 3 shows another form or shape for the blank. Fig. 4 showsa vertical section through the neck of a sealed bottle, the seal beingslightly modified from that seen in blank in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 shows ameans of reinforcing the seal.

The principal parts of the seal are the band A and the tongue or strapB. The band is so made that it may be wrapped about the neck of a bottleor other similar receptacle, (represented at (3,) and the tongue is somade that it may extend over the stopper D and be attached to the bandat the opposite side of the neck. A cap E may or may not be used, but Iprefer to use one and to make it of waterproof paper or other waterproofmaterial. The strap Bis preferably of paper and likewise the band A,though they may be of other material, such as would be surely torn orbroken in attempting to remove the stopper.

As stated, I prefer to use a cap, since by its use foreign ordeleterious matter is prevented from lodging on the neck of the bottle,which if permitted to lodge there would contaminate the fluid whenpoured out.

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The band A and strap B are preferably cut or stamped in one piece, asseen in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, though they may consist of two parts cementedtogether, as indicated in Fig. 3. The tongue also may have its origin orplace of attachment at any point of the band, two extremes whereof areseen in Figs. 2 and 3.

In Fig. 2 the blank isindicated as gummed at 5 and 6. The seal in thisform 'is applied by first wrapping the band about the neck of the bottleand sticking the gummed end to the other end of. the band. The strap isthen passed over the stopper and its free or gummed end stuck to theband near the middle of the latter, as at a point between the dottedlines '7.

The blank of the form seen in Fig. 3 may have gum applied to only theend of the tongue, as at 8, the same being sufficient to stick the endsof the band together and the tongue to the band, (see at left in Fig. 4,wherein the ends of the band are slightly over- 1apped,) or gum maybeapplied to both band and tongue, as seen in Fig. 2. The seal of Fig. 4is of the form seen in Fig. 3, except that the tongue is integral withthe band. Obviously the free end of the tongue may be secured to theinside of the band or between the overlapping ends thereof. The ends ofthe band are preferably, however, simply brought together and sealed tothe end of the tongue.

The cap is preferably pressed up so as to fit neatly and smoothly overthe stopper and is restricted about the neck of the bottle by It may,however be made of a circular piece of paper and pressed into shapeabout the stopper and neck when applied.

The seal and cap may be of like or contrasting colors of any desiredshade, and both or either may have printing thereon, if desired, astypified in Fig. l. I

The strap is preferably gummed to the top of the cap; but the seal is soproportioned and gummed that it cannot be stuck to the bottle. No partof the seal or cap adheres to the bottle. Therefore when the seal isbroken it and the cap may be completely removed from the bottle withoutwashing or scraping. Another benefit results from not allowing any ofthese parts to be stuck to the bottle namely, they will not becomeunsealed by the bottle sweating from changes in temperature. Thewaterproof nature of the cap which underlies the Whole seal effectuallyprevents this.

Other changes and modifications aside from those recited may be madewithout departing from this invention-as, for instance, the strap may bereinforced in some suitable way, preferably by using a fine wire. Thisis represented in Fig. 5, wherein the wire G is seen secured at its endsin folds formed by projections from the band, the band in this instancebeing formed in two parts A and A and the strap made integral therewithat both ends. The wire, if desired, may also be woven in and out ofopenings in the strap, as indicated at 9.

The use of the wire, string, or other reinforcing means still furtherinsures against the removal of the seal without breaking the same.

I claim as my inventiou l. A seal for stoppers of bottles and likereceptacles consisting of a paper blank having a portion adapted to befastened around the neck of the bottle, and a tongue or strap integraltherewith and adapted to extend over the stopper and to have its freeend sealed to the band at the opposite side, the parts being gummed forattachment to one another but so proportioned that no gummed portion ofthe seal will adhere to the bottle, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a cap of waterproofing material, of a gummedpaper band having its ends fastened together around the neck of thebottle, and the paper-retaining strap passing over the cap from one sideof the paper band to the other for the purpose set forth, saidwaterproof cap underlying the whole seal as described so as to preventdetachment of the seal by sweating.

3. In a seal for bottle-stoppers,a paper strap adapted to be passed overthe stopper from one side to the other, a band passing about the neck ofthe bottle for securing the ends of said strap in place, and reinforcingmeans applied to said strap and secured at its ends in folds formed byprojections from the paper seal, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

Signed at New'York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 17th day of December, A. D. 1901.

' FREDERICK A. EMERICK.

Witnesses:

DELBERT H. DECKER, ETHEL L. LAWLER.

